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A tornado that spins in the opposite direction from normal (e.g. clockwise in the northern hemisphere) it is called an anticyclonic tornado.
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∙ 8y agoTornadoes are sometimes informally called twisters.
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What comes first in a dictionary tornado or tornado alley?
Tornado would come first. If any term's beginning letters are the same as the whole spelling of another term, the shorter term will come first.
What word means a slang term for a tornado?
"Twister" is a slang term for tornado.
What is the proper name for a tornado?
Tornado is the proper term.
Can you stop a tornado with another tornado?
No, you cannot stop a tornado with another tornado. The two tornadoes would simply merge and form a larger tornado.
Another name for tornado?
Another name for a tornado is a twister.
Is there a specific term to tornado shelter?
Tornado shelter is the term used. If the shelter is underground then the term storm cellar may also apply.
What is Another name for a destructive windstorm?
Tornado
How is tornado useful?
It's useful to the commerce and enterprises of the neighbouring cities that have not been affected by the tornado. The term "useful" is obviously relative, once the unique usefulness is that. However, nobody wants such usefulness. The term "usefulness" must be changed here to "consequence". I can't imagine how a tornado or another similar event could be useful.
Is a tornado short term or long term?
A tornado is a short-term occurrence. The duration of a typical tornado is measured in minutes, and most are not over any given location form more than a few seconds.
What is the bottom of tornado called?
There is no particular term for the bottom of a tornado. The base of a tornado may be shrouded in a debris cloud.
What is another name for a twister?
Tornado, which is the preferred scientific term Some people call tornadoes cyclones, though this is technically incorrect, as a cyclone is a different type of storm. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
What is the other term of tornado with 6 letter word?
Funnel is a commonly used term, though it is not necessarily a tornado per se.
